Former Jazz star Andrei Kirilenko is set to play for the first time in another team's uniform at EnergySolutions Arena Wednesday night, but even though he's just visiting, he says it feels like coming home.

New research suggests the decline of the Mayan empire was due to drought. The semi-new theory is backed up by the geological record of a cave stalagmite found in a newly discovered cave in Belize. Noted Mayan archeologist disputes the claim.

As soon as Boise State announced its intentions to stay in the Mountain West, there was speculation BYU might want to go back to its former conference. For now, BYU is best suited to remain as an independent in football.

This is your brain on sugar _ for real. Scientists have used imaging tests to show for the first time that fructose, a sugar that saturates the American diet, can trigger brain changes that may lead to overeating.

This is your brain on sugar _ for real. Scientists have used imaging tests to show for the first time that fructose, a sugar that saturates the American diet, can trigger brain changes that may lead to overeating.

Veteran linebacker Ray Lewis has announced that this will be his final season in the NFL. The Ravens defensive star will hang up the pads after 17 seasons. And while Lewis calls it quits Utah defenive end Joe Kruger is leaving college to enter the NFL draft. We also have the biggest hit from the bowl season and a pic of Tim Tebow getting dissed by Dick's Sporting Goods.

An American journalist has been missing in Syria since he was kidnapped more than one month ago, his family said Wednesday, less than two years after he was held by government forces in Libya while covering that country's civil war.

License-plate scanners are gaining popularity among police departments as they look for stolen cars, but a bill to be introduced on Utah's Capitol Hill is designed to limit how long police can store scanned information and who can access the data.

Relatives of those killed at a Colorado movie theater rejected an invitation Wednesday to attend its planned reopening, calling it a "disgusting offer" that came at a terrible time _ right after the first Christmas without their loved ones.

The late Neil Armstrong long maintained that his famous words after stepping on the moon for the first time — "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind" — were almost improvised, something he thought up just after landing.

On a tour Wednesday of his daughter's new school, Vinny Alvarez took a moment to thank her third-grade teacher, who protected the class from a rampaging gunman by locking her classroom door and keeping the children in a corner.

Losing weight is invariably on the top 10 list of New Year's resolutions. People want to get healthy and improve their lives. Certainly, getting healthy is a good thing, but shedding pounds may not be the right answer, at least in terms of mortality rates.

A gathering hosted by the Utah Domestic Violence Council calls domestic violence deaths the most predictable and preventable murders. They appeal to the legislature to increase funding for programs and shelters.

A gathering hosted by the Utah Domestic Violence Council calls domestic violence deaths the most predictable and preventable murders. They appeal to the legislature to increase funding for programs and shelters.

Pennsylvania's governor, in a challenge to the NCAA's powers, claimed in a lawsuit Wednesday that college sports' governing body overstepped its authority and "piled on" when it penalized Penn State over the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.

Steven Gray arrived to the Utah County jail on Saturday and Wednesday afternoon in court a judge informed him he is charged with aggravated murder in the death of his girlfriend Jennifer Brackenbury. Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty.

Steven Gray arrived to the Utah County jail on Saturday and Wednesday afternoon in court a judge informed him he is charged with aggravated murder in the death of his girlfriend Jennifer Brackenbury. Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty.

A teen pilot killed along with two friends in an Alabama plane crash had his own key to the aircraft and had flown it many times, his mother said Wednesday, denying authorities' assertion that the plane had been taken without permission.

Did you accomplish the resolution you set last year? Did you make a new resolution for 2013? This MOMentity article offers six tips to help you set a resolution for the new year that you will actually keep.

A Kansas man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple after answering an online ad is fighting the state's efforts to suddenly force him to pay child support for the now 3-year-old girl, arguing that he and the women signed an agreement waiving all of his parental rights.

A blackjack dealer was charged with kidnapping and murder Wednesday in the death of her ex-boyfriend's daughter, adding to existing felony charges she faces in a slashing attack hours later against a co-worker at a Las Vegas Strip casino.

One year ago Andy and Lindsay Thomas and their three kids found 6-year-old Gavin through an adoption agency, who lives in Bulgaria and has stage four renal failure. The couple leaves Thursday morning to meet their son for the very first time.

One year ago Andy and Lindsay Thomas and their three kids found 6-year-old Gavin through an adoption agency, who lives in Bulgaria and has stage four renal failure. The couple leaves Thursday morning to meet their son for the very first time.